A tip for new to modded IL-2 users:
The basic mods you must have are listed in the first post:
E.g. The Jet Era mod, for a 4.12 install with Mod Act 5.3 (See the ModAct forum area on how to install ModAct 5.3) you do not need to add any of the RC entries. Follow the procedure for 4.12 mentioned here:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,15649.0.htmlIIRC I did not even add any RC or other lines, just the ini and plane/weapons etc. entries.
In C.U.P. the Jet Era is already part of the Jet module.
Now to more basic stuff:
If an instruction tells you to add an ini file entry, you first navigate to the folder that contains the "STD" folder parent:
In Mod Act 5.3 this would be:
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\#SASYour #SAS named folder is also where all the new mods go (or for other installs your Mods or #UP# folder) except directed otherwise by the modder (e.g. a JSGME mod).
Even a JSGME mod, once you are a bit more used to modding your game, can be extracted manually BTW if you follow its folder conventions.
Back to the STD folder:
If you read:
To install, add to:
"air.ini", followed by entries, usually marked in code, then you simply open:
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\
#SAS\STD\com\maddox\il2\objects and there the air.ini file.
Open it e.g. with notepad and, important: Before you make any changes inside the STD folder, BACKUP the entire bitch!!
So...you open the air.ini file and add the entries as mentioned in the install instructions.
Exactly as there, no changes.
Then you look what is next (No particular order required)
Plane means the former (Pre 4.12 installs like 4.10/4.09m) plane_ru.properties named file:
You open:
IL-2 46Basicbackup\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\#SAS\STD\i18n and there:
plane.properties
Add the needed text lines and save, like with the air.ini.
If there is a weapons entry needed:
Open IL-2 46Basicbackup\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\#SAS\STD\i18n/weapons.properties
And add the changes.
Where you add such entries does not really matter to my knowledge, but make sure you enter such data the way it is named by the modder and make no typos, always best to copy and paste these lines of course.
Now if you have a static, technics, stationary etc entry, do the same as above and find those files again inside:
IL-2 46Basicbackup\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\#SAS\
STD\com\maddox\il2\objectsFor technics.ini and static.ini as well as stationary and all other inis as air.ini, make sure to not enter new lines below the // eof marker.
E.g. for the static.ini, all my entries go above
//==========================================================================
// eof
//==========================================================================
That si the very basics, the rest is mentioned in the newbie forum section.
Make sure to not overwrite entries and add them like the modder named them.
And pray he knows what he is doing..
I always copy my entire STD folder to a safe place anytime I make a change. As backup of course.
BTW for air.ini entries I always make sure to not add anything in or below the "placeholder" section. And it is a good manner to add new entries in the vincinity of similar planes, e.g. Mig-15s/17s or similar era planes.
Good Luck gentlemen..
It is not difficult, only takes some patience.
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